And it's getting ridiculous.
Posted on 02/04/2016 9:43:32 AM PST by conservativejoy
One of the things that has troubled me the most about Donald Trump is his lack of emotional maturity. Unlike a reality TV show host, it is vital that the President of the United States be very grown up and mature. But Trump, time and time again, acts like a child, name calling, holding grudges, and crying when things don't go his way.
Case in point, the Iowa caucuses. On election night Trump grudgingly congratulated Ted Cruz. But now he's saying that Cruz "stole" the Iowa Caucuses by repeating a news report that Ben Carson was about to leave the Presidential race (which, by the way, may well be true--how many candidates do you know right now who have flown all the way home to 'pick up some more clothes"?). Here's what Trump tweeted:
Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated.
And finally, Cruz strongly told thousands of caucusgoers (voters) that Trump was strongly in favor of ObamaCare and "choice" - a total lie!
Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified.
There are two responses to this, one legal, and one tempermental. The legal response is, of course, that fraud can only be claimed if ballots were falsified or not properly counted, which is not claimed here. Is Trump so ignorant of the law that he doesn't know this?
The emotional angle is that Trump is acting like a cry baby. At first he said he was "honored" to be in second. He even said he would buy a farm there. Then he said he didn't really try very hard in Iowa. Now he's saying that because Cruz supposedly said untrue things about him, the whole process wasn't "fair". (Actually, Trump was in favor of single payer and was long in favor of partial birth abortion, so those statements were quite true.)
Meanwhile, Trump seems to disregard all the untrue things he himself has said. As Mark Levin has noted, no one has dragged Ben Carson down with unfair attacks more than Donald Trump, with Trump's extreme personal attacks on Ben Carson's character. Trump has also made equally extreme, and untrue attacks on Ted Cruz, calling him a "Canadian", a "maniac", and "disliked by everybody" (which would surprise a large majority of voters in Texas, as well as the largest plurality of the Iowa Caucuses).
What kind of President will Trump be if he throws temper tantrums every time something doesn't go his way? Will he react like a leader if Congress votes down a proposal? Will he have another tantrum if a foreign leader snubs him? Other candidates are starting to notice, with Ted Cruz raising the question of whether Trump has the proper temperment to have his finger on the trigger of our nuclear arsenal. With all his nutty, mercurial tweeting, Trump reminds me a little of Anthony Weiner. Not primary for the sexual component, although Trump is a serial insulter of women (and, according to his own bragging, a serial adulterer), but because of the nutty, out of control, instant-gratification-without-filter aspect to it.
A President is supposed to be a mature, thoughtful, even-tempered leader. Every day Trump shows again how he is nothing like that.
(Abridged version originally published in American Thinker)
What is this, just an article recapping Trump’s tweets that were discussed ad nauseum all day yesterday???
Please post some relevant and up to date information instead of the same re-hashed crap!
So much jealousy. Trump 32 Rubio 15 Cruz 14...........too bad so sad.
And it's getting ridiculous.
I would not call sticking up for what is right a temperament problem. I see it as calling a spade a spade. GO TRUMP GO
What about Jeb Bush having to beg his audience for applause up in New Hampshire? Is this not worthy of ridicule over one of the two possible alternatives to RINO status quo Jebito offers? What is this fixation against a Cruz or Trump alternative against effing lying RINO establishment posers?
News machete ... perfect name for a hatchet job from a site full of hacks.
Cruz absolutely dis syeal the election using lies, deceit and intemidating old people with legal “VIOLATION” . That is not “whining” that is a fact!
Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam - it’s WONDERFUL SPAM!!!
As a “reality tv host” he was quite different than his current personna.
BREAKING: Ted Cruz’s PR Guy Who Slanders Trump for Carson Lie is Founder of Shilling Company
[snip]The company specializes in SIGINT, online shilling, and what might be called propaganda. Gabriel was the one who pushed the angle that Carson was dropping out. After being caught the agent deleted the tweets and denied everything. However, other twitter users took a screenshot and saved his tweets and their exchange.
Where is there “fraud” here?
The Donald and his Trumpsters are becoming delusional and ridiculous crybabies.
The fact that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were elected as Presidents - TWICE! - and the presence of Hillary Clinton as a candidate for President shows that the voters could care less about someone being grown up and mature. Straker can just ESAD.
Tone.. tone.. tone.. I want a president that IS pissed off!
Temperament? (as in Temper TANTRUMp?)
Not shocked. I was trying to think about who is the sleaziest politician in the history of elections and I can’t think of a sleazier politician then Cruz. He is lower then pond scum. (I know the poor pond scum). Oh Gosh....I see him on TV right now saying that he is getting slandered.....poor baby.
More Snake oil for the snake handlers.
Would a serious, sober minded person expect to gain any objective information from such a headline?
I personally think TAMPRUMp is simply angling for an eventual role as a male version of Veruca Salt the next time a remake is made of Willy Wonka. (He’s sooo typecast-worthy!)
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